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<p class="TITLE">PCB Search/Create</p>
<p>The PCB (process capability baseline) report can be generated of consulted
from this page.<br>
A PCB report is based on projects that belong to the group or organization that
has been selected prior to access this page. The PCB is based on projects that
have been closed during a specific timeframe and that belong to a certain
lifecycle.</p>
<p>Main elements defining a PCB :</p>
<p><i>Year: </i>The year in which the <i>period</i> is included</p>
<p><i>Period:</i> Part of the <i>year, </i>S meaning semester and Q meaning
quarter</p>
<p><i>Type:</i> Type of projects closed during the given timeframe (<i>year</i>
and <i>period</i>) the type can be a <i>lifecycle</i> or a user manual selection
of projects (<i>Custom</i> type)</p>
<p class="TableCaption">Filtering reports:</p>
<p>Below <i>Existing PCB reports</i> line you will find 3 drop down lists that will
enable you to filter existing PCB reports (if any) according to the <i>year</i>,
<i>period</i>, and <i>type</i> of report.<br>
When a value is selected in  one of the drop down list, the list below will
automatically be filtered for the new criteria.</p>
<p class="TableCaption">Viewing report:</p>
<p>Simply click on a line in the list box below the filter drop down lists and
then click on the button <i>view</i>.</p>
<p class="TableCaption">Browsing a PCB report:</p>
<p>After pushing <i>view or create </i>button, you will see the
<a href="PCBContents.htm#PCB Information">PCB Information</a>
page. In the same time some new sub-menus will be available under PCB report in
the left menu.<br>
Each sub-menu will take you to one part of the PCB report:<br>
<a href="PCBContents.htm#PCB Information">PCB Information</a><br>
<a href="PCBContents.htm#PCB Metrics">PCB Metrics</a><br>
<a href="PCBContents.htm#PCB Comments">PCB Comments</a><br>
<a href="PCBContents.htm#PCB Conclusions">PCB Conclusion</a></p>
<p class="TableCaption">Creating a PCB report:</p>

<p>If you have <a href="roles.htm">management rights</a> on PCB report you will see on the bottom of the
page the necessary controls for creating a PCB report.<br>
The 3 drop down lists for defining the projects included in the report (see
above), a text box will enable you to give a name to the report. And the check
boxes will let you choose which metrics you want to be included in the report.</p>

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